Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
Acting
Costello's panic attacks are physical comedy gold.
Writing
Wordplay so dense it needs a map.
Director
Charles Barton
Bud Abbott
Ted Higgins
Lou Costello
Homer Hinchcliffe
Joseph Calleia
Nick Craig
Leon Errol
Julius Caesar 'J.C.' McBride
Cathy Downs
Carol Blair
Mike Mazurki
Chuck
Fritz Feld
Psychiatrist
Elvia Allman
Woman (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
Hilda - Maid (uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd
Messenger (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Tough Driver (uncredited)
James Flavin
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Fainting Psychiatrist's Patient (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Despite the poster's 'choke' pun, this was actually Abbott & Costello's first independent production after leaving Universal, made for their own company.
The 'Who's on First?' duo were box office poison by 1948 — this film barely got theatrical distribution, making it a fascinating artifact of their decline.
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